Definition of athletics Athletics
/æθlɛˈtɪks/ - [athletiks] - ath•let•ics
We found 7 definitions of athletics from 4 different sources.
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What does athletics mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: athletics |
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| athletics - participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
| athletics - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition | ||
| sport | ||
| recreation, diversion a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" | ||
| funambulism, tightrope walking walking on a tightrope or slack rope | ||
| rock climbing the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) | ||
| contact sport a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players | ||
| field sport, outdoor sport a sport that is played outdoors | ||
| gymnastics, gymnastic exercise a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility | ||
| track and field participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it | ||
| skiing a sport in which participants must travel on skis | ||
| aquatics, water sport sports that involve bodies of water | ||
| rowing, row the act of rowing as a sport | ||
| archery the sport of shooting arrows with a bow | ||
| sledding the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh | ||
| skating the sport of gliding on skates | ||
| racing the sport of engaging in contests of speed | ||
| equitation, horseback riding, riding travel by being carried on horseback | ||
| cycling the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle | ||
| blood sport sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) | ||
| athletic game a game involving athletic activity | ||
| judo a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan | ||
| spectator sport a sport that many people find entertaining to watch | ||
| team sport a sport that involves competition between teams of players; "baseball is a team sport by golf is not" | ||
| athletics - a contest between athletes | ||
| athletic contest, athletic competition | ||
| contest, competition a struggle between rivals | ||
| decathlon an athletic contest consisting of ten different events | ||
| olympics, olympiad, olympic games the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country | ||
| special olympics an athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped persons | ||
| prelim, preliminary something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" | ||
| pentathlon an athletic contest consisting of five different events | ||
| meet, sports meeting a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held | ||
| hop-step-and-jump, triple jump an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement | ||
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Wiktionary 
- athletics (Noun)
Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill. - athletics (Noun)
A group of sporting activities which includes track and field , road running , cross country running and racewalking.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- athletics (n.)
The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
Wikipedia 
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track and field
Athletics (in the United States also known as track and field or track and field athletics) is a collection of sport events that includes running, jumping and throwing.
About.
Athletics is a very common sporting event over the world. Athletics is a combination of different sports, generally running, jumping and throwing events. Running events include marathons, long distance and short distance events. Some jumping events are high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault. Throwing events involve javelin, discus, hammer and shot-put.
All participants are timed or have a distance measured and this is their end result. Participants train hard for an event and always aim to better their results.
Athletics is a sport that people take part in all over the world. It is a sport that is most common between young children up to younger adults. Athletics can be played for enjoyment, but it can also be a competitive sport. Athletics is also an event in the Olympic games.
